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Jan 7, 2026
VSB president-elect seeks applicants for bar committees
The Virginia State Bar is accepting applications from attorneys to serve on standing and special committees for terms beginning July 1.
Dec 23, 2025
Much-anticipated report issued on legal deserts, drop in lawyers
Bland County’s lone lawyer highlights Virginia legal deserts as bar leaders seek solutions for rural access to justice gaps.
Jul 11, 2025
Virginia to join national lawyer well-being survey
The Virginia State Bar has approved participation in a national study on mental health and substance use, building on the ABA’s 2016 landmark attorney well-being survey.
Legal Tech
- A NOTE FROM THE EDITOR : New dedicated coverage of tech challenges facing law firms and legal departments
- Gemini Legal launches DraftEngine for civil litigation forms
- Lawyers continue to grapple with AI ethical issues
Verdicts & Settlements
- Medical Malpractice – Death from cancer followed stomach pain misdiagnosis
- Workers’ Compensation – Seasonal worker paralyzed in tobacco baler accident
- Medical Malpractice – Jurors side with doctor in suit over rescue surgery
- Motor Vehicle Negligence – Unicycle rider dies after being hit by car
- Premises Liability – Delivery driver injured by porch decking collapse
Opinion Digests
- Prisons – Compassionate release denied despite end-stage renal disease
- Criminal – Allen charge wasn’t abuse of discretion
- Evidence – Expert’s exclusion from trial deemed harmless
- Parent and child – Mother held in contempt for violating visitation order
- Criminal – Court refuses to continue trial despite missing witness
- Criminal – Meth defendant wasn’t entitled to sentencing safety valve
- Tort – Comments about plaintiff were protected opinions
